ant newbie question

[John McClain]

I have a web app that I am trying to learn ant with. In this test scenario, I don't want to use packages, so I am trying to figure out the best way to use ant to build the entire project. Here is my build file and my includesfile     <project name="crossroads" default="buildActions" basedir="."> <target name="init"> <property name="classes" value="WEB-INF/classes" /> </target>   <target name="tstBuild" depends="init"> <javac srcdir="${classes}" destdir="${classes}" includesfile="incFile"> <classpath> <pathelement location="/opt/jakarta-tomcat-3.2.1/lib/servlet.jar"/> <pathelement location="WEB-INF/lib/struts.jar"/> <pathelement location="WEB-INF/classes/Forms"/> <pathelement location="${Utils}"/> <pathelement location="${Forms}"/> <pathelement location="${DataSources}"/> <pathelement location="${DomainObjects}"/> <pathelement location="${Actions}"/> <pathelement location="${TagSrc}"/> </classpath> </javac> </target> </project> <!-- here is incFile ${classes}/Utils/Constants.java ${classes}/DomainObjects/MyEvent.java ${classes}/Utils/User.java ${classes}/Forms/EditEventForm.java ${classes}/Forms/EditEventsForm.java ${classes}/Forms/LogonForm.java ${classes}/TagSrc/CheckLogonTag.java ${classes}/DataSources/MyCalendarDS.java ${classes}/DataSources/MyCalendarDayDS.java ${classes}/DataSources/MyEventDS.java ${classes}/DomainObjects/MyCalendar.java ${classes}/DomainObjects/MyCalendarDay.java ${classes}/Actions/ChangeMonthAction.java ${classes}/Actions/EditEventAction.java ${classes}/Actions/EditEventsAction.java ${classes}/Actions/LogonAction.java ${classes}/Actions/MyCalendarAction.java -->       Questions: Why do I get the following when It did nothing. Should I not get "project up to date" or "no files found" or something to tell me what it is doing: earching for build.xml ... Buildfile: /home/jmcclain/dev/crossroads2/build.xml init: tstBuild: BUILD SUCCESSFUL Total time: 0 seconds Can I use a pattern or fileset instead of an include file? how would I do it??? Is there a better way to do this NOT using packages? John and Michelle McClain 7604 Muschetto Ct. Citrus Heights, Ca. 95621 (916)728-5223